John O. Reed
Encyclopedia
John O. Reed is an anthologist and translator of African literature.
With Clive Wake
he has published several anthologies, as well as translations from French of the work of Léopold Sédar Senghor
and Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, in Heinemann's African Writers Series
. He has also translated work by Ferdinand Oyono
and Williams Sassine
.
With Clive Wake
Clive Wake
Clive Wake is a critic, editor and translator of modern African and French literature.Born in Cape Town, Clive Wake studied at Cape Town University and the Sorbonne. He taught at the University of Rhodesia, and the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he is Emeritus Professor of French and...
he has published several anthologies, as well as translations from French of the work of Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal . Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese...
and Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, in Heinemann's African Writers Series
African Writers Series
African Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
. He has also translated work by Ferdinand Oyono
Ferdinand Oyono
Ferdinand Léopold Oyono was an author from Cameroon whose work is recognized for a sense of irony that reveals how easily people can be fooled...
and Williams Sassine
Williams Sassine
Williams Sassine was a Guinean novelist who wrote in French. His father was Lebanese Christian and his mother was a Guinean of Muslim heritage....
.
Works
- (with Clive WakeClive WakeClive Wake is a critic, editor and translator of modern African and French literature.Born in Cape Town, Clive Wake studied at Cape Town University and the Sorbonne. He taught at the University of Rhodesia, and the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he is Emeritus Professor of French and...
) A bibliography of modern creative writing in French from Madagascar, Salisbury, 1963 - (ed. with Clive Wake) A Book of African Verse, London: Heinemann Educational, 1964. African Writers SeriesAfrican Writers SeriesAfrican Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
8. Later edition published (1984) as A new book of African verse. - (tr. with Clive Wake) Prose and poetry, by Léopold Sédar SenghorLéopold Sédar SenghorLéopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal . Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese...
. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. - (tr.) Houseboy by Ferdinand OyonoFerdinand OyonoFerdinand Léopold Oyono was an author from Cameroon whose work is recognized for a sense of irony that reveals how easily people can be fooled...
. London: Heinemann, 1966. African Writers SeriesAfrican Writers SeriesAfrican Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
29. - (tr.) The Old Man and the Medal, by Ferdinand OyonoFerdinand OyonoFerdinand Léopold Oyono was an author from Cameroon whose work is recognized for a sense of irony that reveals how easily people can be fooled...
. London: Heinemann, 1967. African Writers SeriesAfrican Writers SeriesAfrican Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
39. - (tr. with Clive Wake) Nocturnes, by Léopold Sédar SenghorLéopold Sédar SenghorLéopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal . Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese...
. London: Heinemann Educational, 1969. African Writers SeriesAfrican Writers SeriesAfrican Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
71 - (ed. and tr. with Clive Wake) French African Verse, London, etc.: Heinemann Educational, 1972. African Writers SeriesAfrican Writers SeriesAfrican Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
106. - (tr. with Clive Wake) Translations from the night : Selected poems of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo. London: Heinemann, 1975. African Writers SeriesAfrican Writers SeriesAfrican Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
167 - (tr.) Wirriyamu by Williams SassineWilliams SassineWilliams Sassine was a Guinean novelist who wrote in French. His father was Lebanese Christian and his mother was a Guinean of Muslim heritage....
. London [etc.]: Heinemann, 1980. African Writers SeriesAfrican Writers SeriesAfrican Writers Series is a series of books by African writers which has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has been a vehicle for some of the most important African writers, ensuring an international voice to literary masters including Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko,...
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